On April 9, 2019, a broad coalition, literally hundreds from across Hawaiʻi, filled the Senate chambers and rotunda to advocate for the protection of our precious waters and to say no to corporate water theft. And for the moment, it appears that HB 1326 - the water theft bill – is dead.

To protect our communities from pesticide drift, we must improve pesticide incident response and deter future misuse by increasing penalties for pesticide use violations. You can help by submitting testimony in support of HB 929.

Decision low-balls water returned to stream, ignores its cultural significance.

It is with much joy and pride that we announce that H.A.P.A.'s founder, former Kauaʻi State Senator and Councilmember Gary Hooser was honored recently at a gathering hosted by the statewide environmental advocacy group, Hawaiʻi’s Thousand Friends.

If perhaps the tides are beginning to turn for communities suffering public health impacts from dangerous pesticides, Hawaiʻi is the fringe on the wave of change.